**llonewolfv rolled a random image posted in comment #2708754 at Friendly ** Its a style in japan called harajuku or some **** like that... they dress that way and adorn black face as part of that style... the pokemon jinx was based of this style

I think I read somewhere that this factoid about Jynx is actually a misconception. Supposedly Jynx was based on an icy ghost/monster in Japanese mythology that took the form of a woman who's flesh had turned black from frostbite and she had powers relating to ice/snow.